An acrobat fell and appeared to be knocked unconscious as he performed a tightrope walk Monday.
The Circus Raj performer was knocked unconscious after he fell as he tried to walk across a rope suspended 15 feet in the air in Jubilee Square, Leicester.
The man was tended to by fellow performers and a first-aider after he fell and landed on his head at about 1.30pm in the display, which was part of the City Festival. He regained consciousness quite quickly and was not taken to hospital for treatment.
A crowd looked on as the acrobat tried to perform the tightrope stunt in windy conditions.
A witness said: "It was his second attempt to walk across the tightrope. In a previous attempt he slipped off but was able to control his landing.
"The second time he was trying to walk across and the wind got up. He crouched down to try to regain his balance but then fell off. He landed on his head it looked quite nasty."
A spokesman for Leicester City Council, who gave the troupe permission to perform in the public area, said the acrobat was not hurt.
He said: "Fortunately, the performer was uninjured. He was tended to by an on-site first aider and a hospital visit was not required."
The acrobat was performing as part of a 90-minute display by Circus Raj – a street circus troupe from Rajasthan in India.
